2012 Christy Ring Cup
| Dates | 5 May – 9 June 2012 |
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| Teams | 8 | ||
| Champions |
London Colm Quinn (captain) Éamonn Phelan (manager) |
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| Runners-up |
Wicklow Enan Glynn (captain) Casey O'Brien (manager) |
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| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 14 | ||
| Goals scored | 49 (3.5 per match) | ||
| Points scored | 455 (32.5 per match) | ||
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The 2012 Christy Ring Cup was the eighth season of the Christy Ring Cup since its establishment in 2005.
A total of eight teams contested the Christy Ring Cup, including seven sides from the 2011 Christy Ring Cup and London, who were promoted team from the 2011 Nicky Rackard Cup.
Both Armagh and Mayo failed to win any of their games in the 2011 Christy Ring Cup, however, without a play-off, Armagh were relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup for 2012. From these two teams, Mayo had the longest tenure as a Christy Ring Cup member as the team had competed in every season since the inaugural one in 2005. Armagh joined the Christy Ring Cup in 2011 having won the previous year's Nicky Rackard Cup.
2011 Nicky Rackard Cup champions London secured direct promotion to the Christy Ring Cup. They last competed in the competition in 2008.
The tournament has a double elimination format - each team will play at least two games before being knocked out.
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